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DFDSS

Postby gshaw31 » Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:31 pm

Quick question, I thought that DF/DSS would reorg a VSAM file when it moves it to another volume. IE consolidates extents and Control Interval Splits. I am wrong about this?
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Re: DFDSS

Postby NicC » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:31 am

What does the manual say? If it does not mention it then that is a pretty big hint.
The problem I have is that people can explain things quickly but I can only comprehend slowly.
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Re: DFDSS

Postby Robert Sample » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:08 am

Are you doing a COPY or DUMP / RESTORE?
Is it a physical or logical operation?
Which options of the DF/DSS command are being used?

There are multiple ways to run DF/DSS and hence the answer to your query is likely to vary -- for example, a physical dump / restore is going to put the data back the way it was on the source volume.
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Re: DFDSS

Postby enrico-sorichetti » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:07 pm

it will consolidate extents for LOGICAL processing ...
( that' s what a quick test showed )
it will not meddle with the dataset content
so no VSAM reorganization
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